It was perfect! I have two daughters / one is eight, one is two. The two/year/old sleeps under this bed on a crib mattress, which gives her extra room to play and store stuffed animals, and the older girl sleeps on the top. They have both slept safely on the top bed but the toddler prefers to be downstairs in the castle. I added a cute purple and pink castle/themed curtain set purchased from another retailer that starts with a K / you can look for Princess Fairytale loft curtains. My other addition was a bookcase shaped like stairs from a big Scandinavian retailer. The girls climb up those like stairs or up the slide rather than using the built/in ladder. My guess is that most kids climb up the slide instead of the ladder anyway. I am 100 lbs. myself and I can slide down the slide with no problem, so its pretty sturdy.
I had seen a review of this online that said it took the person 2 hours to assemble. I did it in less than an hour by myself with no problems, but Im really good at following directions.
The princesses love it
It was perfect! I have two daughters / one is eight, one is two. The two/year/old sleeps under this bed on a crib mattress, which gives her extra room to play and store stuffed animals, and the older girl sleeps on the top. They have both slept safely on the top bed but the toddler prefers to be downstairs in the castle. I added a cute purple and pink castle/themed curtain set purchased from another retailer that starts with a K / you can look for Princess Fairytale loft curtains. My other addition was a bookcase shaped like stairs from a big Scandinavian retailer. The girls climb up those like stairs or up the slide rather than using the built/in ladder. My guess is that most kids climb up the slide instead of the ladder anyway. I am 100 lbs. myself and I can slide down the slide with no problem, so its pretty sturdy. I had seen a review of this online that said it took the person 2 hours to assemble. I did it in less than an hour by myself with no problems, but Im really good at following directions.